The 14th National Assembly Standing Committee will convene its fourth meeting on October 3 to prepare for the legislature’s second session scheduled to begin on October 20.

Peace plays a crucial role in the protection and promotion of human rights, President of the Vietnam Peace Committee (VPC) Uong Chu Luu said at a workshop in Hanoi on September 29.

The revised Anti-Corruption Law should accord with relevant laws and the United Nations Convention against Corruption, participants said at the third session of the National Assembly (NA)’s Committee for Legal Affairs. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told authorities of the central city of Da Nang to not rest on their laurels at a working session with municipal officials in Hanoi on September 28. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the central province of Quang Nam to become a model of rapid, sustainable and comprehensive development and work together with neighbouring localities of Danang and Quang Ngai to form an economic hub of the central region. 

The Ministry of Health (MoH) is finalising a draft law on alcohol-related harms prevention and control and plans to submit it to the National Assembly for consideration in May 2018. 

Central Highlands provinces are working hard to improve the quality of the operation of Party organisations in villages and hamlets, thus fulfilling socio-economic tasks and ensuring security and defence in the localities. 

VOV.VN - The 14th National Assembly Standing Committee closed its 3rd session on September 22 in Hanoi.

Enhancing the application of military science is an important task in the present context, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

The National Assembly Standing Committee listened to and gave feedback on reports on crime prevention and law enforcement during its third working session in Hanoi on September 21. 

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam appointed the Central Committee of the Police's Party for the 2015-2020 tenure, naming Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong among them.

The southern province of Tay Ninh has brought to trial 278 economic and corruption cases with 485 defendants since the Politburo’s Instruction on strengthening Party leadership over the discovery and settlement of corruption cases was issued on December 7, 2015. 

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA)  deputies have agreed on the importance of issuing a Law on Legal Aid to make the work more professional and effectively utilize resources when providing legal services for those in need.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the southernmost province of Ca Mau to devise effective measures for comprehensive reform to make the locality rise strongly in the Mekong Delta region. 

VOV.VN - On September 19, the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee discussed the revised Tourism Law.

Hai Phong city, which is at an important location in the northern key economic region, must post faster quality growth so as to stimulate overall development of the whole nation. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has applauded the Military Zone 3’s outstanding performance as an adviser to the local Party Committees and authorities on national defence.

President Tran Dai Quang chaired the first session of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform in the 2016-2021 tenure in Hanoi on September 17. 

Law makers have discussed the Government’s proposal on further tax reduction and exemption for agricultural land use. 

The settlement of consequences of the Formosa-triggered marine pollution will be reported at the second session of the 14th National Assembly (NA), slated for this October. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong underscored the importance of human and material resources for development during a working session in Hanoi on September 15 with the standing board of the Party Committee of Mekong Delta Can Tho city. 

VOV.VN - On September 15, the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee discussed the preparations for the 2nd session and draft revisions to the resolution on tax exemptions and reductions for agricultural land. 

VOV.VN - At its 3rd session from September 12 to September 22, the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee discusses the Law on Associations before submitting it to the National Assembly for approval. 

VOV.VN -  Members of the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee have underlined the need to create favorable conditions for foreign trade activities, thereby helping Vietnam improve its competitiveness in international integration.

The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) has agreed to fully adjust and supplement regulations of the Law on Technological Transfer which came into effect in 2006. 

VOV.VN - The 14th National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on the law on amendments and supplements to some articles of the law regarding technology transfer on September 19 at its ongoing 3rd session. 

VOV.VN -  On September 12, the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee discussed the draft revisions to the Railway Law.

The 14th National Assembly Standing Committee convened its third session in Hanoi on September 12.

With 100 percent of votes, all members of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee have agreed to expel Trinh Xuan Thanh, a member of the Hau Giang provincial Party Committee, from the Party.

VOV.VN -  The conference of full-time National Assembly deputies concluded on September 9 after two-days of sitting.